# My code is not converging using NIntegrate. Why? Help please [closed]

I have been trying to see why this integration is not converging but to no avail. The output gives only the y-values but fail to give any real value for x-values. Rather I always have something like this:

0.1, -1, Re[ NIntegrate[ Abs[x + y - 1]^k*Sign[x + y - 1]*f[x, y, θ, ρ],
{x, 0, 1}, {y, 0, 1}, WorkingPrecision -> 100]],
2 - 2*Re[CDF[StudentTDistribution[1.1], ComplexInfinity]] 0.1, -0.7,
Re[ NIntegrate[ Abs[x + y - 1]^k*Sign[x + y - 1]*f[x, y, θ, ρ],
{x, 0, 1}, {y, 0, 1}, WorkingPrecision -> 100]],
0.22388681701262803 0.1, -0.39999999999999997,
Re[ NIntegrate[ Abs[x + y - 1]^k*Sign[x + y - 1]*f[x, y, θ, ρ],
{x, 0, 1}, {y, 0, 1}, WorkingPrecision -> 100]],
0.33847856188105085 0.1, -0.09999999999999998,
Re[ NIntegrate[ Abs[x + y - 1]^k*Sign[x + y - 1]*f[x, y, θ, ρ],
{x, 0, 1}, {y, 0, 1}, WorkingPrecision -> 100]],
0.43918067389892146
0.1, 0.2, Re[ NIntegrate[ Abs[x + y - 1]^k*Sign[x + y - 1]*f[x, y, θ, ρ],
{x, 0, 1}, {y, 0, 1}, WorkingPrecision -> 100]],
0.5383910479350043 "


The code is this:

ClearAll[A, f, θ, ρ, data, θmin, θmax, ρmin, ρmax, θinc, ρinc, c1, c2];
θmin = 0.1; θmax = 5; ρmin = -1; ρmax = 1; θinc = 0.01; ρinc = 0.3; k = 3;
data = {};
A[w_, θ_, ρ_] :=  w (CDF[StudentTDistribution[θ + 1], Sqrt[(1 + θ)/(1 -   ρ^2)] ( (w/(1 - w))^(1/θ) - ρ)]) + (1 - w) (CDF[ StudentTDistribution[θ + 1], Sqrt[(1 + θ)/(1 - ρ^2)] (((1 - w)/ w)^(1/θ) - ρ)]);
c1[x_, y_, θ_, ρ_] := Exp[Log[x y] A[Log[y]/Log[x y], θ, ρ]];
c2[x_, y_, θ_, ρ_] :=  x + y - 1 + c1[1 - x, 1 - y, θ, ρ];
f[x_, y_, θ_, ρ_] := D[c1[x, y, θ, ρ], x, y];
stream = OpenWrite["./data2011", BinaryFormat -> True];
For[θ = θmin, θ <= θmax, θ += θinc, ρmin = -1; ρmax = 1;
For[ρ = ρmin, ρ < ρmax, ρ += ρinc,
Print["θ=", θ, ", ρ=", ρ];
list = Re[{{θ, ρ, NIntegrate[ Abs[x + y - 1]^k Sign[x + y - 1] f[x, y, θ, ρ], {x, 0, 1}, {y, 0, 1}, WorkingPrecision -> 100], 2 - 2 A[1/2, θ, ρ]}}];
Export[stream, Table@list, "CSV"];

WriteString[stream, "\n"];]]

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## closed as off-topic by Michael E2, Jens, Öskå, m_goldberg, PickettJul 19 at 2:09

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Please format your code using the guidelines provided here. They are also available when you click the yellow question mark, top left of the edit box. –  Sjoerd C. de Vries Jul 17 at 10:44
What are the numbers in front of NIntegrate? It's not valid Mathematica syntax as is. They would seem to have nothing to do with the integration or your question -- is that right? Please clarify. Thanks. –  Michael E2 Jul 18 at 16:13
Note that A[Log[y]/Log[x y], θ, ρmin] is undefined; also for ρmax. Also, you might define f[x_, y_, θ_, ρ_] = D[c1[x, y, θ, ρ], x, y] with = (or use Evaluate) to take care of the problem with D mentioned below by Oliver Jennrich. Otherwise NIntegrate seems to work fine. For a question on this site, you ought to strip out the unnecessary code. You might also appreciate using Table instead of a using For loops. –  Michael E2 Jul 18 at 18:56

In any attempt to debug a code - make it as simple as possible. Neither the For-loops nor the Export make things easier.

Try to break things down - if I evaluate

f[0.1, 0.1, 0.1, -1]

I already get nonsense. One (!) of the problems is the definition of the function f, as you try to calculate the derivative for numerical parameters. Something along the line of

f[x_, y_, t_, r_] := D[c1[a, b, t, r], a, b]/. {a-> x, b-> y};


might be more useful.

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